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WSOP Winner Jamie Gold Sued For Half His WSOP Winnings

Television executive Bruce Leyser met Jamie Gold (who would go on to win $12,000,000 as the 2006 WSOP Main Event winner) in July. According to a lawsuit filed by Leyser in late August; Gold asked Leyser to help him find celebrities to endorse Bodog in the Main Event. If Leyser did so, Gold promised that he would “share” his Main Event seat. In light of the fact that Bodog was only giving away one seat, Leyser reasonably deduced that “share” meant “share the winnings”, leading him to sue Gold for $6,000,000, or half of Gold’s winnings.

As evidence Leyser claims to have an answering machine recording of Jamie Gold in which Gold states: “I promise you there’s no way anybody will go anywhere with your money. It’s your money.”

Leyser also asked a judge to file a temporary restraining order to prevent Jamie Gold from collecting his winnings from the Rio. Leyser fears that Gold might spend or gamble away the money before the issue is resolved. Chief District Judge Kathy Hardcastle granted Leyser’s request and has prevented Gold from collecting any of his winnings before Sept. 1st, the scheduled date of the case’s first court hearing.